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Clive Efford vs Sir Desmond Swayne

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Clive Efford and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,573 shared comparable votes.

43 same votes 1,530 different votes 1,573 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
14 Aye 18 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 No
24 Aye 17 No
Benefits 5% aligned 41 shared votes
15 Aye 26 No
77 Aye 66 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 143 shared votes
67 Aye 76 No
107 Aye 68 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 175 shared votes
67 Aye 108 No
28 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 35 shared votes
8 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 38 No
Trade 0% aligned 70 shared votes
38 Aye 32 No
42 Aye 23 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 65 shared votes
23 Aye 42 No
32 Aye 27 No
Transport 0% aligned 59 shared votes
27 Aye 32 No
26 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 48 shared votes
22 Aye 26 No
24 Aye 22 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 46 shared votes
22 Aye 24 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

76.1 %
3 % above average
Rank 296 of 648
Participation
88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 45 of 648
1,760
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,054
2,312 eligible divisions
1,001
56.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
944
46.0 % of votes cast
759
43.1 % of votes cast
No votes
1,110
54.0 % of votes cast
4
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

78
+18.1 vs Commons average
Rank 146 of 648
Appearances
103
+43.1 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 648
66
-41.9 vs Commons average
Rank 366 of 648
Contributions
111
+3.1 vs Commons average
Rank 188 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,722,645
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£265,723
17 % above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
44 % below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Migration
150 of 169 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 88 votes
Education
83 of 95 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Defence
50 of 59 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 45 votes
#5
Defence
56 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API